14 Oct 2009
Majority of managers expect corporate earnings to rise in Q4
Some 84 per cent of institutional investment managers expect corporate earnings to increase in the coming quarter and 84 per cent believe…
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Alaris expands execution and prime brokerage services
Alaris Trading Partners has hired Adam Capon, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as vice president of sales and trading.Capon will concentrate on…
Barclays launches FTSE 100 structured products
Barclays Stockbrokers has launched two FTSE 100 structured products. The firm says the recent rally in global stock markets has been…
FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index up 6.4 per cent
The share values of listed exchanges grew by 6.4 per cent during September 2009, amid further signs that the sector is returning to…
Investor demand for Ucits funds continues to increase
Investor demand for Ucits funds continues to strengthen, with net Ucits sales of EUR36m in August, according to the European Fund and Asset…
Asia Pacific HNWI wealth to grow 8.8 per cent annually despite fall in population
Asia Pacific’s population of high net worth individuals fell 14.2 per cent to 2.4 million in 2008 amid a global economic downturn and…
Aliquot Gold Bullion Fund selected for HFRX indices
Hedge Fund Research has selected Castlestone Management’s Aliquot Gold Bullion Fund as a constituent of its HFRX indices. The HFRX indices…
EuroCCP launches clearing and settlement for depositary receipts
European Central Counterparty will begin clearing and settling 120 of the most heavily-traded listed depositary receipts on 16 October.…
SEI signs ten collective investment trust managers
SEI has signed ten new collective investment trust managers over the past eight months. According to Cerulli Associates, CITs represented…
Watson Wyatt names global head of hedge fund research
Global consulting firm Watson Wyatt has promoted Damien Loveday to global head of hedge fund research, taking on the role from Craig Baker,…
Hedge funds extend gains with upbeat economic data
Hedge funds consolidated their upward trend in September, with all hedge fund strategies except dedicated short-bias (-1.22 per cent)…
13 Oct 2009
Conyers Dill & Pearman expands corporate team
Multi-jurisdictional law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has hired Guy Cooper to its corporate practice in Bermuda as part of a spate of…
South Africa's hedge funds steady in turmoil
The South African hedge fund industry remained stable through the recent market turbulence with assets under management of ZAR29.7bn at 30…
Harneys strengthens Asia practice
Offshore law firm Harney Westwood Riegels has appointed Jane Yao, Monica Chu and Tiffany Tang in the firm's Hong Kong office. Yao…
Directive must not undermine benefits of investment companies, says AIC
The Association of Investment Companies says the proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive fails to take account of the…
